Serious question - where can we purchase these masks (and not prevent medical professionals from getting what they need)?Quote:
there's no reason why we shouldn't be wearing cheap procedure masks in public
Exactly. I'd love to wear a mask, but have no idea where to get one.MiMi said:Serious question - where can we purchase these masks (and not prevent medical professionals from getting what they need)?Quote:
there's no reason why we shouldn't be wearing cheap procedure masks in public
MiMi said:Serious question - where can we purchase these masks (and not prevent medical professionals from getting what they need)?Quote:
there's no reason why we shouldn't be wearing cheap procedure masks in public
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3M had another built-in advantage: Unlike many companies that have moved production to low-cost countries, it sources the materials for its respirators near its assembly plants and serves customers reasonably close by. "We make respirators in China for the China market, we make respirators in Korea for a little more than the Korea market," Roman says. Each plant can ship respirators anywherepretty important in a pandemicbut day to day, a plant doesn't rely on distant vendors subject to tariffs or export bans.
In the U.S., the facility at Aberdeen, a city of 28,000, was built in 1974. The 450,000-square-foot factory and a sister plant in Omaha together produce 400 million respirators of myriad types annually. Within the next year, they will be producing many more.
cone said:
two things:
if you don't have the bug, it generally keeps you from touching your face which is good
if you do have the bug (and especially if you're asymptomatic or early in the incubation but still shedding), it protects people around you
it's become increasingly clear to me that the reason they told us not to wear masks is because we had a shortage for the people who needed them most
but we don't need the good stuff to do our part
DIY mask made out of a vacuum cleaner bag >>>>> nothing at all
Actually, inexperienced users tend to touch their face a lot to fiddle with or adjust their mask.cone said:
two things:
if you don't have the bug, it generally keeps you from touching your face which is good
if you do have the bug (and especially if you're asymptomatic or early in the incubation but still shedding), it protects people around you
it's become increasingly clear to me that the reason they told us not to wear masks is because we had a shortage for the people who needed them most
but we don't need the good stuff to do our part
DIY mask made out of a vacuum cleaner bag >>>>> nothing at all